Mohamed Mahmoud

I worked on Web and Mobile design for 8+ years and have great passion for them. I love interactive design where things come to life. I’ve worked with awesome clients like Al Jazeera, Mobily, Betty Crocker and Georgetown University.

SOME SCREENSHOTS OF MY WORK:WEB DESIGN:https://db.tt/2a0mWTx7

MOBILE APPS:https://db.tt/dTLoDHwx

DIGITAL PUBLISHING:

Screenshots: https://db.tt/ZHK3a0zrInteractive video demo: https://db.tt/tEeOK92R

INTERACTIVE PROTOTYPE: https://db.tt/g7WZriBt

Cell | 962 7 8546 2188Email | mm@idream.meSkype | mohammad_gdTwitter | @ideram85Linkedin | https://www.linkedin.com/in/idreamWeb | http://idream.me (Website is under development)

Age | 29 yearNationality | JordanianLanguages | Arabic, English.Address | Amman, JordanJordan st.

SOME PROJECTS I’VE WORKED ON:

GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY: SCHOOL OF FOREIGN SERVICE IN QATARStatus:Under Development.Focus Areas:Wireframe, UI, UX.

MODERN AMERICAN SCHOOL REDESIGN Status: Under Development.Focus Areas:IA (Wireframe), UI, UX.

MOBILY (ETIHAD-ETISALAT CONSORTIUM)Focus Areas:UI, Animation, As3 development, Mobile Design(iPhone apps), Design Mobily services.URL:http://mobily.com.sa

AL JAZEERA ARABIC AND DOCUMENTARY: (IOS & ANDROID) INTERACTIVE MAGAZINE APPFocus Areas:Come up with the idea, Manage Team, Develop interactive concept, UI, UX, IA, Do some coding!

URLs: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/al-jazeera-english-magazine/id551599653?mt=8https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/mjlt-aljzyrt-alwthayqyt/id489190316?mt=8

AL JAZEERA TIMELINE FLASH COMPONENTFocus Areas:Flash Animation, AS3 Development, XML. ZAFAFI AND HAWAAWORLD INTERACTIVE MAGAZINE APPFocus Areas: IA: Digital publishing platform,Deep Research, UX , UI, iOS & Android Mobile App.URLs :https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/mjlt-zfafy/id564591130?ls=1&mt=8https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/alm-hwa-lltbkh/id649334023?mt=8

RESPONSIVE WEB DESIGN ( Zafafi and Hawaaworld)Focus Areas: Wireframe, Ui.URLs: http://magazine.zafafi.com/http://magazine.hawaaworld.com/

MOBILY ANNUAL REPORT MAGAZINE APPFocus Areas:Interactive design concepts, UX, UI.URL:Private publishing (iOS Developer Enterprise Program - Apple Developer)

MOBILY NASHRATI INTERACTIVE MAGAZINE APPFocus Areas:Interactive design concept, UX, UI.URL:https://itunes.apple.com/sa/app/mobily-nashrati/id636476140?mt=8

MODERN LANGUAGE CENTER WEBSITEFocus Areas:IA, Flow Diagram, UI, UX, Flash Development: (Video player customization, Placement test, ECPE and TOEFL exam).URL:http://www.mlc.edu.jo

FLASHFIREBUG FIREFOX EXTENSION DESIGNFocus Areas:UI, UX.URL:https://addons.mozilla.org/en-us/firefox/addon/ flashfirebug/Note: Flashfirebug is the most downloaded flash debugging extension on Mozilla ADD-ONS with 50, 000 Active user. FLASH COMPONENTS - ACTIVEDENFocus Areas:UI, UX, Wireframe, ResearchURL:http://activeden.net/item/3d-block/full_screen_preview/132566 http://activeden.net/item/3dx-gallery/96311

BOOKING-APP (MOBILE APP AND WEBSITE)Status: Under Development Focus Areas:IA,Flow Diagram, Research, UI, UX.

SOME ACHIEVEMENTS:

DIGITAL PUBLISHING DEPARTMENT / STARTAPPZ COMPANY:- Establish, build team and Manage the Department.- Build a full Solution/Platform for Digital Publishing based on open source frameworks and libraries.

AWARDS:

1. JORDAN APP & WEB AWARDS (JAWA):

- Hawaaworld & Zafafi Interactive MAgazine: Gold, silver

- Hawaa World magazine is one of the top magazines in the Middle East region with ~1000,000 downloaded issues, 50.000 active users/month and featured on the App store early 2014.

References: http://www.startappz.com/startappz-takes-home-9-trophies/ 2. AL JAZEERA INTERACTIVE MAGAZINE APP:

- Al Jazeera Arabic: Winner of Webby People’s Voice Award for the Best News (Tablet), in the Mobile Apps category in 2013

- Al Jazeera Arabic App was featured on App store in 2012

- I established the magazine and I came up with idea under vardot company as a project leader.

References: http://www.aljazeera.com/pressoffice/2012/04/2012416161854868952.html

3. CERTIFICATE OF APPRECIATION

This is certify that Mr. Mohammad Mahmoud has participated in the 1st year of building Majalati Portal Network and has contributed to achieve the FORBES AWARD 2012.

This appreciation is also given for the support provided to the company in order to achieve the 1000,000 visitors per month and the 1000,000 Social follower across all portals networs.

Haitham Masoud, CEOMajalati

SKILLS AND KNOW-HOW - Technologies and Programs:I do not have solid knowledge in the below points. I’m still learning :)

CODE:I have a small knowledge about code that helps me a lot when I doing web, mobile and interactive design.- HTML5 CSS3 animation using Adobe Edge- Flash Development (AS3).- HTML and CSS and XML. - Firebug and chrome debugging

DESIGN PROGRAMS:I care about the concept first, programs are not more important than the design concept.

- Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator and InDesign and Sketch 3.

ANIMATION:I love animation! I love it when I bring my work to life.

- Flash- After Effects

WEB DESIGN:I always align my designs based on the grid system.

- Responsive and Adaptive web design- I use grid system In my design such as twitter bootstrap, and Foundation.- Adobe Edge Reflow.

PROTOTYPE, IA AND UX TOOLS: - Axure: I use it to create Interactive prototypes.- OmniGraffle: Create High-Fidelity wireframes.- Adobe edge reflow: For responsive web design.- Proto.io: High-Fidelity interactive prototype for Mobile applications.- Balsamiq: Low-fidelity prototypes.- Flying logic: Flow Diagram.

MOBILE APPS TOOLS- Paint Code: I use it as a vector drawing tool for iOS Apps- Prototype iOS Apps Using Storyboards- Popapp.in: Make paper prototyping interactive.- Skala Preview: Preview the mobile design on iOS and Android, I use it in my design process. CMS:- Wordpress CMS: Using ready themes and doing some HTML and CSS design customization.- Drupal: Fill all site content and a good player with WYSIWYG! I do not like this kind of work!

BOOKS / READING:- Material Design from gogole.- iOS Human Interface Guidelines.- Android Design Guidelines.- Mobile first by luke wroblewski- Do not make me think by steve krug.- Grid Systems in Graphic by Lars Muller.- Responsive Web Design by Ethan Marcotte.- Mobile Design Pattern Gallery by Theresa Neil

WORK EXPERIENCE

QDRAHCompany Info:http://qdrah.com(Web/Mobile Design development & eCommerce Solutions)Position:Senior Web/Mobile Designer Focus Areas :UX, UI, Interactive Prototype, Research, Wireframe,

VARDOTCompany Info:http://vardot.com(Web Design & development)Position:Head of Web Design Focus Areas :UX, UI, Research, Wireframe.

N2V-INTERNET HOLDING GROUP/STARTAPPZCompany Info:http://vardot.com, http://n2v.com(Mobile Design & development | Digital Publishing | Digital Marketing | Web Design and Development)Position: Head of Interactive Design & Senior Mobile Designer.Focus Areas: IA, UX, UI, Deep Research, Analysis, Planning, Flow diagram, Draw the whole logic, Mobile design for Mobily and other Clients.

THINK ARABIA GROUP / VARDOTCompany Info:http:thinkarabia.com/, http://vardot.com(Web design & Development | Animation | Video Production | Multimedia Design)Position:Project Leader & Senior UI Designer.Focus Areas: - Project leader on Al Jazeera project (Web, iPad, iPhone and Android app)- Flash development on Al Jazeera project - Chrome Extension Design and UX on Al Jazeera project- Web Design

(1/8/2014 - 30/9/2014)

(1/10/2014 - until now)

(1/8/2012 - 31/7/2014)

(11/9/2011 - 30/7/2012)

(1/7/2007 - 30/6/2010)

(1/4/2006- 30/6/2007)

(24/2/2005 - 10/3/2006)

O-MINDSCompany Info:http://o-minds.com (Web design | web development)Position:CO- Founder/Senior web designer.Focus Areas:UI, UX, IA, Research.

SYNTAX DESIGN Company Info:http://syntaxdesign.com/ ( Web Design | Brand Design | User Experience | Cross Media | Cross Culture)Position:Graphic & Web Designer.Focus Areas:Web design,UX ,UI, Online Advertising and Animation.

GENEVA ACADEMY FOR COMPUTER STUDIESPosition:Adobe Instructor.Focus Areas:Teaching Graphic Design (Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator and InDesign CS2, CorelDraw X3 , Macromedia Flash 8)

JABRIL CENTER FOR GRAPHIC DESIGNPART TIME JOBCompany Info:(Graphic Design | Brand Design)Position:Junior Graphic Designer.Focus Areas:Graphic Design, Brand Design

The best experience ever! I love this Company :)

(1/10/2009 - 31/8/2011)First 8 months as a part time

QUALIFICATIONS

(2002 - 2003) Tawjihi : Pass with success.

(2004 - 2006) Graphic Design from AL-Quds College, score of 80 / 100.

(14/2/2009 - 21/3/2009) Certificate of Arabic Calligraphy (Jordan wild - Mr. Saleh Nasab)

(7/3/2006 - 7/6/2006) 120 Hours Certificate for the completion of a 3 month practical training program in graphic/web design at Adobe certified Center, taught by an Adobe Certified Expert and anAdobe Certified Instructor (ACE) & (ACI).

ALL THE LOVE AND RESPECT WITH HELVETICA.

THANK YOU!